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Hong Kong Weather Warnings 0.5

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:06:00 +0000

Firefox 4 compatible update, thanks for all your advice and comments on the technical details.

Remarks: Please be reminded to show the "Add-on bar" (Ctrl + / ) to see the weather alerts!

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Hong Kong Weather Warnings 0.4.7

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:34:55 +0000

Minor update in the Javascript service, and also nominated for public.

Also working on a Firefox 4 compatible version, hopefully can finish before its official launch .

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在 Maverick 英文介面中輸入（繁體）中文字

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:34:24 +0000

我一向喜歡用英文介面, o岩o岩重灌了Maverick . 但我發覺 Default setting 的英文介面有很多的中文字是不能打入的.

再試多幾次,便發覺只有輸入繁體字時才出問題.

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Hong Kong Weather Warnings 0.4.5

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:23:30 +0000

Bug fix (again) version to handle the new text pattern of the HKO pages.

Plus showing the start time of individual warning in the popup.

Available for install at AMO or here .

Hong Kong Weather Warnings 0.4.3

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:26:45 +0000

Bug fix version to handle the new text pattern of the HKO pages.

Available for install at AMO or here

Hong Kong Weather Warnings 0.4.2

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:12:28 +0000

Updated my Firefox extension to support Firefox 3.5

Available for install at AMO or here

Jaunty Jackalope on EEEPC 701

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:11:55 +0000

Installed Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix on the 701, except the mic and sound are not working, all others seems fine.

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Hong Kong Weather Warnings Version 0.4

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:11:00 +0000

更新了 Firefox extension "Hong Kong Weather Warning" .

新功能:

顯示最新溫度及濕度

在 pop-up 中顯示香港天文台的大圖示及中英名稱

如果在 AMO 下載有問題, 可以直接在這裡下載.

Windows Photo Gallery shows ugly color

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:34:00 +0000

今日去馬灣公園影相, 晚上回來用了 Windows Photo Gallery 來睇相, 發覺色調偏黃. 起初以為今日天陰, 所以自動白平衡出了問題, 所以諗住用 GIMP 修正一下.

但用 GIMP 一開, 給我的感覺是簡正好似在看兩張相不同的相一樣. 雖然色是有一點偏, 但並沒有用 Windows Photo Gallery 那麼嚴重.

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Goodbye Xandros

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:17:43 +0000

Having used the origin Xandros Linux on my EeePC 701 for 10 months, I have to say goodbye to it finally.

On boot-up performance, Asus really did a good job on customizing the Xandros Linux. However, this also limited the power of it.

In searching the new OS for my EeePC, EeeUser should be a good place to start with. Among the customized EeePC distributions, three of them draw my attention, they are:

OpenGeeeU

eeeXubuntu

Ubuntu EEE

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黑格比

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:05:00 +0000

今次的颱風黑格比的外型好靚，風眼好清晰.

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Easter Egg within Google Chrome

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:39:21 +0000

Type "about:internets" in the address bar to show this Easter Egg

Besides the previous mentioned "about:memory" page, there are actuall much more "about:" pages within Google Chrome which could give many internal information of the browser.

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CJK font rendering of Google Chrome

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:04:26 +0000

It seems to me that there is some problem (or a bug) with Google Chrome's font rendering engine.

Today when I test it with the KangXi Radicals page of Alan Wood's Unicode Resources, horizontal stroke is missing in some of the characters.

When I enlarge the font size the problem still there, happening on different characters.

I keep on change the font size larger until no missing stroke, guess how large the fonts need to be...

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SVG display problem on Google Chrome

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:13 +0000

It seems there is a bug on Google Chrome to display SVG graphics.

When I use it to display the "Timeline of web browsers" from Wikipedia, it does not show any scroll bar. Although you can use zoom-in/out, or drag the picture to display area out of the window, however it is not user-friendly.

I have reported it to Google, and see whether it will be fix in future release or not.

First impression on Google Chrome

nospam@example.com (Isaac Chau) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0000

The Google Chrome just released today, so I installed it and have a try. The interface is quite simple, working fast and smoothly.

Among the new features, I like the Incognito mode the most. With Incognito mode, it will not leave any trace of websites you have visited. All cookies and browsing history will be deleted when the windows was closed. It would be useful for visit the online banking and shopping website, such that it would lower the chance for malware or other people to get your personal data.

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